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Cape Fear

Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.

1991★ 7.3 · 3.9K2h 8mDramaCrimeThriller

Overview

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

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Cast

Robert De Niro
as Max Cady

Juliette Lewis
as Danielle Bowden

Gregory Peck
as Lee Heller

Jessica Lange
as Leigh Bowden

Nick Nolte
as Sam Bowden

Martin Balsam
as Judge

Robert Mitchum
as Lieutenant Elgart

Illeana Douglas
as Lori Davis

Fred Thompson
as Tom Broadbent

Esther Rolle
as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)

C.C. Costigan
as Waitress

Charles Scorsese
as Fruit Stand Customer

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Release date: 1991-11-13

Budget: $35,000,000

Revenue: $182,300,000

Runtime: 2h 8m

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DramaCrimeThriller

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